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[...] in December, we saw The Dillinger Escape Plan live for the first time and it absolutely tore our dicks [...]

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:41:48 +0000

Just saw the show last night. DEP was cool, but not as good as advertised, and he didn’t breathe fire (of course thats becuz the show was in a basement, pyro not good idea. See: Great White). I agree with Axl that they didn’t play enough of their melodic material. Even an amped up crowd needs a break once in a while and their soft material is very good. If you need an example of what I mean, compare a THRICE live show pre-vheissu and post-vheissu. Their shows are way better now cuz they are more well rounded and give the audience a chance to breath for a while before they slam into songs like Silhouette or paper tiger.

ALOL was awesome, not so much bcuz they did anything special, but just bcuz i love ALOL.

By: Vitruvian Ape

Vitruvian Ape — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:39:07 +0000

I can’t wait to see em live again. Last time i saw DEP was pre-puciatto. Sadly i must wait till the Uk tour is done (march, really) and i thought being on the west coast was gonna put me closer to shows.

Stage presence is important to me too, if you can pull off standing around and looking bad-ass (opeth, tool) great, if you can go abso-fucking-nuts (dep, converge) and pull that off too, great. It dosen’t matter what you do (pyro, projectors, lasers) Just fucking do it right.

Example of doing it wrong- Norma Jean when they were Lutikriss facing the back of the stage the entire fucking show, Or James Hart from 18vision pretending to be Scott Wieland.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:30:10 +0000

Neither I nor Wayne were talking about the fact that he doesnt like DEP, he was referring to his comment be innacurate and downright stupid. Its one thing to say you don’t like a type of music, but its another thing to say that any band that can move around when they play only means that they dont play difficult riffs. Thats just wrong, flat out wrong. I dont agree w/ Wayne in this sense bcuz ive seen Cooper make intelligent comments before, so he’ s not “that guy [who continually makes stupid ill informed comments]“. He just happened to make one here.

By: ozzyzak

ozzyzak — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:30:01 +0000

@Wayne

What does your comment even mean? I agree Aaron might have jumped the gun talking about how their stuff isn’t hard to play but that doesn’t change the fact that he doesn’t find the band to be to his liking.

I’ve tried a few times in the past to get into them and have never managed it. I don’t doubt their ferocity or the respect/love people have for them, but I don’t find the music enjoyable. Kinda boring really. If by not agreeing with the mass public, then Wayne, I guess I’m one of yours too.

Peace

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:25:05 +0000

Every comment section community has one, Aaron Cooper is ours.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:35:27 +0000

From Maynard of Tool, who stands by the drum kit, facing mostly away from the audience to DEP who maim themselves to rock out. Someday maybe they’ll be able to afford lasers so they can take it easy.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:20:59 +0000

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever been more angry about a comment on this message board. Cooper, I’ve agreed with you on past points, but you just sounded like an idiot when you said that. A good stage show is of IMMENSE importance, and just because you can pull it off, doesn’t mean you’re playing easy riffs (and the fact taht you said that about DEP shows a complete and utter ignorance, which makes me wonder why you would post on this subject at all).

Shredders who stand in one place and stare at their guitar frets while they play are more lame than FDR’s legs (too soon?). Those guys are the isolated losers who sit in their room all day and play guitar bcuz they have no friends. I’d take someone who meets up w/ some buddies, gets drunk, and shreds it up based on feel any day over those shred-nerds. The fact that Dillinger can do both is incredible.

I will be seeing this show tonight at the Middle East. I am so fucking pumped. I’ve already managed to be too ill to attend LOG/KSE/DD/Soilwork and drove all the way to Worcester to see BTBAM only to find it sold out (idiot, idiot, idiot)…so its about time I’m actually going to SEE a good show.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:13:51 +0000

That tune ‘Unretrofied’ fucking rules, couldn’t really get into the rest of their stuff.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:23:51 +0000

Aaron Cooper has clearly never heard a Dillinger song.

By: Shnaz

Shnaz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:22:49 +0000

Those riffs are hard as fuck man. You try playing those kinds of time signatures while flailing around like a chimp on roids.

By: Aaron Cooper

Aaron Cooper — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:53:51 +0000

I’ll pass.

After seeing a few silly (read: shitty) hardcore bands live, I think my rule of thumb is that if you can spin around in circles and freak out on stage, you don’t have hard enough riffs to play.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:29:34 +0000

Can you imagine these freaks playing a reunion tour 30 years from now, trying to pull that shit live with their walkers? Damn! Hasn’t Weinman broken fucking bones on stage before?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:19:36 +0000

I caught this mighty band for the first time on Wednesday. Fucking amazing. A perfect synthesis of chaos and precision.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:16:18 +0000

This was my fourth time seeing Dillinger, and they seriously get better every time. I couldn’t agree with you more that these guys are definitely one of the bands every metal fan needs to see live before they die. Puciato is, without a doubt, unbelievable. I’m not a big mosh pit guy (yeah, yeah), but for whatever reason I always lose my mind when I go see Dillinger. Check them out!